Drawer slide mounting bracket with gussetted mounting tab

Abstract

A drawer slide mounting bracket with a mounting tab and horizontal flanges extending from vertical arms. The mounting tab is inserted into an aperture in a vertical web of a drawer slide member and the horizontal flanges engage the slide member to securely attach the mounting bracket to the drawer slide member. The mounting tab is provided with a gusset to increase the strength of the mounting tab and to decrease the range of movement of the mounting tab in the aperture.

I claim: 
     
       1. A drawer slide member and mounting bracket comprising: a mounting bracket comprising: a substantially flat body;     two substantially flat arms extending from the body, the arms having endmost portions, with the arms being substantially in a plane defined by the body;   each arm having a flange, the flanges being spaced apart a first distance; and   a tab extending from the body; and a drawer slide member comprising: a web with an aperture in the web adapted to receive the tab with the body adjacent the web when the aperture receives the tab; and       two raceway arms extending from the web, the raceway arms being spaced apart a second distance, the first distance being less than the second distance, such that the flanges are deflected by the raceway arms so as to frictionally engage the raceway arms when the aperture receives the tab.   
     
     
       2. The drawer slide member and mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the body has opposing margins, and the arms extend in the same direction from the body, with a first of the arms extending from a first of the opposing margins of the body and a second of the arms extending from a second of the opposing margins of the body. 
     
     
       3. The drawer slide member and mounting bracket of claim 2 wherein the two arms have a coplanar transition near the endmost portions of the arms. 
     
     
       4. The drawer slide member and mounting bracket of claim 3 wherein the tab has an angled portion extending from the body in a plane other than the plane defined by the body and an outer portion extending from the angled portion in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the body. 
     
     
       5. The drawer slide member and mounting bracket of claim 4 wherein the angled portion of the tab has a gusset. 
     
     
       6. The drawer slide member and mounting bracket of claim 5 wherein the raceway arms form arcuate inward facing concave ball bearing raceways. 
     
     
       7. The drawer slide member and mounting bracket of claim 5 wherein the raceway arms form flat U-channel inward facing ball bearing raceways. 
     
     
       8. A drawer slide and mounting bracket comprising: an outer slide member having a web with an aperture, and first and second raceway arms forming first and second bearing raceways extending from opposing margins of the web;   an inner slide member having a web, and third and fourth raceway arms forming third and fourth bearing raceways extending from opposing margins of the web;   a first plurality of bearings in rolling engagement with the first bearing raceways of the outer slide member and the third bearing raceways of the inner slide member;   a second plurality of bearings in rolling engagement with the second bearing raceway of the outer slide member and the fourth bearing raceways of the inner slide member; and   a planar body portion having opposing margins, the planar body portion being adjacent the web with the aperture;   flexible arms extending from the opposing margins of the body portion, the arms being substantially in a plane defined by the body portion, the arms also having endmost portions having flanges in engagement with the first and second arm of the outer slide member, the endmost portions each having a screw hole adapted to allow attachment of the mounting bracket to a cabinet; and   a tab extending from the body portion, the tab being positioned in the aperture of the web of the outer slide member.   
     
     
       9. The drawer slide and mounting bracket of claim 8 wherein the tab has an angled portion extending from the body portion in a plane other than the plane defined by the body and an outer portion extending from the angled portion in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the body portion. 
     
     
       10. The drawer slide member and mounting bracket of claim 9 wherein the angled portion of the tab has a gusset. 
     
     
       11. The drawer slide and mounting bracket of claim 10 wherein the distance between the flanges is less than the distance between the first and second raceway arms so that the flanges are in frictional engagement with the first and second raceway arms. 
     
     
       12. The drawer slide and mounting bracket of claim 11 wherein the first and second bearing raceways form arcuate inward facing concave ball bearing raceways. 
     
     
       13. The drawer slide and mounting bracket of claim 11 wherein the first and second bearing raceways form flat U-channel inward facing ball bearing raceways.